We explore different desktop environments you can try without installing a different flavour of Ubuntu. There’s KDE, XFCE, MATE, and Budgie.
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Category: Software
Best Free and Open Source Software – August 2021 Updates
August 2021 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Emulate the Dragon 32/64 home computer with Linux
The Dragon is built around the Motorola MC6809E processor running at 0.89 MHz. It was an advanced 8-bit CPU design, with limited 16-bit capabilities.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote is available as part of the Microsoft Office suite. Here’s our recommended free and open source alternatives.
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Conditional formatting, WOPI support, new scaling options, and other improvements in ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.4
ONLYOFFICE has released version 6.4 of the ONLYOFFICE Docs.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft GitHub
This series looks at the best free and open source alternatives to products and services offered by Microsoft. We launch the series with GitHub.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft’s Products and Services
This series looks at the best free and open source alternatives to products and services offered by Microsoft.
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Emulate the Oric home computer with Linux
The Oric-1 is a home computer that appeared in 1983 and was sold mainly in the UK and France. It was based on the 8-bit processor 6502A.
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Excellent Utilities: lsd – next gen ls command
lsd is billed as the next gen ls command. It’s free and open source software. Here’s our review of the program.
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Emulate the Amiga home computer with Linux
The Amiga is a family of personal computers. It’s the last truly great gaming home computer before the dominance of the PC and the 32-bit games consoles.
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Essential System Tools: dust – more intuitive version of du
dust gives an instant overview of which directories are using disk space. It’s name derives from the du command and that dust is written in Rust.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Mastodon Clients
Mastodon is a free and open source microblogging platform similar to Twitter, but with user privacy and decentralization in mind.
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lfs – list your filesystems
lfs is an open source utility that lists your file systems improving on the venerable df utility in a number of ways.
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Goggles Music Manager – music collection manager and player
Goggles Music Manager is free and open source software that lets you play and organize your music collection.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – July 2021 Updates
July 2021 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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